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Nearly 6 months later, Johnson-Davies made his debut as a player on 5 December 2019. Two nine-letter spots and scoring points in every round helped him catapult to 139 points, breaking [[Hamish Williamson]]’s 10-year-old record for the highest-ever debut score set by a challenger against a champion.
 
Nearly 6 months later, Johnson-Davies made his debut as a player on 5 December 2019. Two nine-letter spots and scoring points in every round helped him catapult to 139 points, breaking [[Hamish Williamson]]’s 10-year-old record for the highest-ever debut score set by a challenger against a champion.
  
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{{ep | 7220 | 5/12/2019 | P |[[Zach Hart]]| 26 - 139 |Luke Johnson-Davies|[[Suzannah Lipscomb]]|[[Susie Dent]]|146}}
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Revision as of 17:12, 5 December 2019

Luke Johnson-Davies was a contestant in Series 81. He's a Student at Durham University, from Cambridge. He is also an Apterite.

Luke began attending Co-events in 2018, and was the runner-up of only his second event, CoNuT, in 2019.

He first appeared on television in the second quarter-final of Series 80 as the audience member who solved the conundrum COVERSLIP, which also had SLIPCOVER as a valid solution.

Nearly 6 months later, Johnson-Davies made his debut as a player on 5 December 2019. Two nine-letter spots and scoring points in every round helped him catapult to 139 points, breaking Hamish Williamson’s 10-year-old record for the highest-ever debut score set by a challenger against a champion.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
7220 5/12/2019 P Zach Hart 26 – 139 Luke Johnson-Davies Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Suzannah Lipscomb Susie Dent 146